Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment
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Rutherford started his scientific career with much success in local schools
leading to a scholarship to Nelson College. After achieving more academic
honors at Nelson College, Rutherford moved on to Cambridge University's
Cavendish laboratory. There he was lead by his mentor J.J. Thomson convinc ....
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accomplishments are all overshadowed by Rutherford's famous Gold Foil experiment
which revolutionized the atomic model.
This experiment was Rutherford's most notable achievement. It not only
disproved Thomson's atomic model but also paved the way for such discoveries as
the atomic bomb and nuclear power. The atomic model he concluded after the
findings of his Gold Foil experiment have yet to be disproven. The following
paragraphs will explain the significance of the Gold Foil Ex ....
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